Resource degradation of the sea cucumber fishery in Zanzibar, Tanzania: a need for management reform

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Issue		Aquat. Living Resour. Volume 23, Number 4, October-December 2010


Page(s)		387 - 398
Section		Regular articles
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/alr/2011002
Published online		04 February 2011

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